Globe Soccer Awards: finalists revealed, Manna, Yildiz, Maresca in | OneFootball

Italy represented by Napoli and Juve at the highly anticipated awards ceremony: the number 10 from Juventus among the best emerging talents in Europe

Globe Soccer Awards, the finalists in all categories. Manna, Yildiz, and Maresca are also included

Kenan Yildiz is in the running as an emerging talent in 2025, Giovanni Manna as a director.

The gala evening of the Beyond Developments Globe Soccer Awards is scheduled for Sunday, December 28 at the Atlantis The Royal hotel, overlooking the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. But since November 16, 9 of the 15 award categories have been open to votes from fans around the world. There will be time until November 27 to decide the list of finalists.

Let's spoil it: among the Italians, Maresca is in the running for the Best Coach award (Conte was also there), while Donnarumma, Lautaro, and McTominay were in the running for the Best Men’s Player. Inter and Napoli (Best Men’s Club), Juventus (Best Women’s Club), Barella and again McTominay (Best Midfielder), Lautaro (also for Best Forward), and indeed the Juventus player Yildiz (for Emerging Player) are also nominated. Finally, Manna (Pastorello was also there) is in the running for Best Agent and Best Sporting Director.

The numbers don't lie. The club boasting the most candidates is PSG, which this season has collected the Champions League, Super Cup, Ligue 1, Coupe de France, and yesterday the Intercontinental. In addition to the nomination for Best Men’s Club, Luis Enrique and Luís Campos are in the running for the Best Coach and Best Sporting Director awards. There are also eight players from the French club (Dembélé, Doué, Hakimi, Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Fabián Ruiz, Vitinha, and Donnarumma, now at Manchester City) on the list of candidates for Best Men’s Player. But there's more. Because Doué, Ruiz, and Vitinha are also candidates, along with João Neves, for Best Midfielder, Dembélé and Kvaratskhelia are also in the running for Best Forward, and once again Doué and Neves, along with teammate Warren Zaïre-Emery, are competing for Emerging Player.

In the list of 25 candidates for Best Men’s Player, the 2024 winner Vinícius Júnior and Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal from Barcelona, Harry Kane from Bayern Munich, Mohamed Salah from Liverpool, Lautaro from Inter, and McTominay from Napoli also stand out. the other clubs— In the Best Men’s Club category, PSG will challenge Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia), Barcelona (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Flamengo (Brazil), Inter, Liverpool (England), Napoli (Italy), and Pyramids (Egypt). Among the best coaches are Luis Enrique, Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool), Antonio Conte (Napoli), Vincent Kompany (Bayern Munich), Hansi Flick (Barcelona), Roberto Martínez (Portugal), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Mikel Arteta (Arsenal), and Eddie Howe (Newcastle United). There is also space, for the first time ever, to elect the best Mental Coach. The Italian Nicoletta Romanazzi is also in the running. Categories open to public voting

• Best Men’s Player

• Best Women’s Player

• Best Men’s Club

• Best Women’s Club

• Best Coach • Best Midfielder

• Best Forward

• Emerging Player

• Best Middle East Player

VIDEO: Mkhitaryan: “From City to PSG, here's why we lost two finals” What numbers!— For the 2024 Globe Soccer Awards, 100 million votes were cast by the public. But the goal for the new edition is to do even better. As mentioned, there will be time until November 27 to decide the list of finalists. Following this, a second voting window will open (also) to the public from December 3 to 11. In this final phase, the winners will be elected by a combination of fan votes and the Globe Soccer Jury, composed of Marcello Lippi, Francesco Totti, Iker Casillas, and Luis Figo.

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